When he beats Djokovic and Zverev ....... but then sees Sinner in the US Open final

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🚨 SINNER US OPEN LATEST 🚨 World No. 1 Jannik Sinner is in the final stages of deciding on the US Open after putting his right knee through key tests in Turin. Yesterday he completed an on-court efficiency session at Circolo Stampa Sporting. Today he’s back at JMedical for the last specialist consults following weeks of shockwave therapy for tendon inflammation. Reports say Sinner is moderately satisfied with how the knee responded and his team is showing cautious optimism… but the message is clear: he only flies to New York if he’s 100%.

A sight we’re still not used to seeing. Novak Djokovic looked completely drained in the Cincinnati heat. He appeared to vomit into a towel, needed medical treatment and at times dropped to his hands and knees… but still kept fighting. Thiago Tirante eventually won: 2–6, 6–4, 6–4. At 39, Djokovic’s biggest opponent may no longer be across the net. 💔

If you could change the result of ONE tennis match in history — but nothing else — which match would you change? And why that one?

Cincinnati tennis started in 1899. Think about that. Before airplanes became normal. Before television. Before the ATP even existed. And 127 years later, players are still fighting for the same Cincinnati trophy. Some tournaments feel modern. Cincinnati feels like tennis history that never stopped. 🎾

Ever wondered how a player gets a Wild Card into a tennis tournament? 🎾 A Wild Card means a player can enter the main draw without qualifying through ranking. Tournament organizers usually give them to: • Promising young/local players • Former champions or big-name players returning from injury • Players who can boost ticket sales & attention • Players from reciprocal agreements between tournaments/federations • Occasionally someone in great form who narrowly missed direct entry So a Wild Card isn’t “free entry” — it’s basically the tournament saying: “Your ranking doesn’t get you in… but we want you here.” Sometimes that opportunity changes a career. Who had the greatest Wild Card run in tennis history? 👀

A Wild Card once did the craziest thing possible: Goran Ivanišević didn’t just enter Wimbledon in 2001 as a Wild Card… he WON the whole tournament. 🤯🎾 Ranked World No.125. Not even in the draw by ranking. Still became the only men’s player ever to win a Grand Slam singles title as a Wild Card. That’s not a run. That’s a fairytale.

Cincinnati 2023 was supposed to be a best-of-3 final. Djokovic and Alcaraz somehow turned it into a 3 hour 49 minute war — the longest best-of-3 final in ATP Tour history. 🤯 Novak was a set and 4–2 down, saved championship point… and still won. The final ended 5–7, 7–6(7), 7–6(4), and Cincinnati still describes it as the longest three-set final in Tour history. One of the greatest non-Slam matches ever?

Del Potro broke Federer’s 40-match US Open streak Roger Federer entered the 2009 US Open final having won 40 straight matches at the tournament and five consecutive titles. Then a 20-year-old Juan Martín del Potro arrived. He beat Nadal in the semifinal, then came from two sets to one down to beat Federer in five. One tournament. Two giants. One legendary breakthrough.

Dominic Thiem finished his career with at least 5 wins against EACH member of the Big 3: Federer: 5–2 Nadal: 6–10 Djokovic: 5–7 Only Andy Murray also managed 5+ wins against all three. That tells you how dangerous peak Thiem really was. Was Thiem the best player of his generation outside the Big 4? 👇

No Jannik Sinner (Right Knee injury), no Carlos Alcaraz (wrist injury) at Cincinnati. Both might not play in US Open too. This might be the best chance for Novak Djokovic to win his 25th Grand Slam.

Who puts the MOST spin on the forehand on clay? 🎾🌀 Among the biggest topspin hitters: 🥇 Rafael Nadal — ~3,200 RPM average His forehand could climb toward 4,000 RPM at times. 🥈 Casper Ruud — ~3,200+ RPM territory Built around heavy topspin and clay-court shape. 🥉 Carlos Alcaraz — ~3,000+ RPM But with more raw pace mixed in. For context, a typical ATP forehand is much lower than Rafa’s peak numbers. The scary part about Nadal wasn’t just the spin. It was spin + height + left-handed angle + clay. That combination turned one forehand into a completely different problem.

Kalshi’s US Open market has Sinner at 50% — while Alcaraz sits at just 13%. 👀🎾 Zverev is actually second at 17%. Market overreacting… or is Sinner really this far ahead of the field?

Alcaraz vs Zverev at Indian Wells 2024 suddenly stopped. Not because of rain. Not because of injury. Because thousands of bees invaded the court and swarmed around the spider camera. A beekeeper was called in and reportedly vacuumed them away before play could resume nearly two hours later. The chair umpire’s announcement: “Play suspended due to bee invasion.” 🐝😂

Rafael Nadal was asked to name his 10 greatest athletes of all time… and this list is going to start arguments. 👀 Jordan. Ali. Bolt. Phelps. Schumacher. Pelé. Maradona. Woods. Nicklaus. Djokovic. But no Roger Federer. Considering everything Rafa and Roger shared for nearly two decades, that omission is hard not to notice. Who would you REMOVE from Rafa’s list to make room for Federer? 👇

Roger Federer won 20 Grand Slams. But there was one person he wished could have seen it all. Peter Carter. Carter was Federer’s childhood coach — the man who helped shape that wild, emotional kid from Basel into the player the world would eventually fall in love with. In 2002, Carter tragically died in a car accident while on his honeymoon. Federer was only 20. Years later, whenever Roger spoke about him, you could still see how much it hurt. Carter never got to see Federer win a Grand Slam. Never saw him lift Wimbledon. Never saw him become World No.1. Never saw him become Roger Federer. But a part of Peter Carter was there in every one of those moments. Some coaches teach you tennis. Some change your life. ❤️

Federer was once the ball boy at the tournament he later dominated Before the 20 Slams and World No.1 ranking, Roger Federer spent 1993–94 working as a ball boy at the Swiss Indoors Basel. Years later, he won that same tournament 10 times. And when he became the star, he kept a tradition of giving medals and pizza to the ball kids. 🥹